Title: Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions / Princeton University Files

Dates: 1957-1969

Bulk Dates: 1962-1965

Collection number: Mss 253

Creator:
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

Collection Size:
95 linear feet
(74 cartons and 27 document boxes)

Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections

Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Abstract: The collection mainly contains post-1961 administrative files which the Center had microfilmed, then shipped to Princeton
University, and which subsequently were transferred from Princeton University to UCSB in 1999.

Physical location: SRLF.

Languages:
English

Access Restrictions

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions / Princeton University Files. Mss 253. Department of Special Collections,
Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Transfer from Princeton University in 1999.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection mainly contains post-1961 administrative files which the Center had microfilmed, then shipped to Princeton
University, and which subsequently were transferred from Princeton University to UCSB in 1999. Some of the microfilmed material
not sent by CSDI to Princeton subsequently was dispersed and comingled with other CSDI files (Mss 18), while the remainder
apparently was not retained. Only the post-1961 boxes were transferred back from Princeton; earlier files were retained by
Princeton. The container list includes references to original Princeton box numbers and related microfilm reel numbers. Copies
of the microfilm are housed in the CSDI Collection (Mss 18, Series 08).

Series III: Transcripts, 1957, 1959-1969. Contains two subseries: Chronological and Alphabetical. Transcripts of conference sessions, dialogues, library conversations,
and other programs tape by the Center. Related tape numbers are indicated for many of the sessions. The tapes themselves,
as well as a number of other transcripts, are included in Mss 18. Boxes 75-101.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

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